The word ‘charismatic’ was made for Fidel Castro. You would have liked him, I would have liked him. Then you had to stop and say, ‘Just a minute. This is a man who does not believe in freedom of the press…does not believe in democracy as we know democracy, had political prisoners.’
BARBARA WALTERSA great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words.
More Barbara Walters Quotes
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The feeling is that Fidel Castro’s much bigger than he actually is.
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When your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself.
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A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better.
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Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it.there.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
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A conversation isn’t a competition.
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A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence and refinement so they think they will impress others with their command of obscure words.
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If it’s a woman, it’s caustic; if it’s a man, it’s authoritative.
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For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth.
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Don’t confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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Most old people … are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others – guests who didn’t have the good manners to leave when the party was over.
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A man cannot be comfortable [or cannot be made comfortable] without his own approval.
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Après ski is my favorite sport.
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I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code – even though it was a great yawn – also showed people’s interest in religion.
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Children are God’s way of punishing us for having sex.
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